I Is Grajeeated

I graduated from Leadership San Juan last night.  It was a great experience.

Here are more pics from Vegas.  (You didn't think I was done, did you?)

Another view from our hotel room.  Mountains are cool.

Thankuh very mush.

The Las Vegas Hilton has a casino that is has a science fiction/Star Trek theme to it.

I'm disappointed.  I had hoped that in the future the human species would have evolved beyond the need to give all our money to someone who promises rewards in return but at a disproportionately lower rate.

This is where the space bartender gives you space alcohol so you get all spaced out and think the odds of the slot machines are in your favor.

Past the casino is a reproduction of the promenade from Deep Space 9.

Monsters/Aliens from the original Star Trek, otherwise known as excuses for Will Shatner to take off his shirt.  I think I dated the one on the right in high school.  Pucker up, baby.

Part of the menu from Quark's Bar and Restaurant.

This is the "mini borg sphere."  Who knew that the Borg like Midori.  They put dry ice in it, so it bubbles and smokes.  The mini borg sphere is definitely big enough for two people, so don't get the regular size (about the size of a basket ball) unless you want to get snockered.

Double double, toil and trouble,
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Then drink the cauldron dry.  Hecat won't mind.

Don't worry, it's perfectly safe.

This guy came and visited us while we were eating.  He congratulated us for assimilating our drink so proficiently.

We had the replicator make this dessert for us.  Actually, our waiter brought it to us.

Oh, she's so pretty.

Strix was disappointed that Scott Bakula didn't come with it.

A bottle of Dom bottled in 2265.  It's enough to make dumb, tooth-deprived rednecks sitting behind you in the theater scream "2265?!" over and over again until your veteran army buddy turns aournd and threatens to remove what teeth they have left if they don't shut the hell up.

This ferengi wanted to exercise the Rules of Acquisition to purchase my wife.

At this point, I couldn't take any pictures for a while because we went on the Star Trek Experience rides, and no pictures were allowed.  If you're a fan at all of the Star Trek franchise, I highly recommend them.

And after the shows, we took a break for me to have a Romulan Ale.  Oddly enough Romulan Ale tastes just like light beer.  I'm not sure why it was banned by the Federation.